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Career arc
Stats
Big games
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The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
1-2 against his rivals at Eastern Michigan.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
Winless in 3 tries against Jackie Sherrill.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
1-0 against his rivals at Kent State.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
2-2 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Jackie Sherrill.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Eastern Michigan→
Boston College1978
Boston College→
Kent State1981Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1981-1982) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.
“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
Followed Ron Blackledge (1978–1980) · succeeded by Dick Scesniak (1983–1985).
11th-best Boston College tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Followed Joseph Yukica (1968–1977) · succeeded by Jack Bicknell (1981–1990).
4 NFL Draft picks: Fred Smerlas (1979), John Schmeding (1980), Karl Swanke (1980), Tim Sherwin (1981)
Followed George Mans (1975) · succeeded by Mike Stock (1978–1982).
1 NFL Draft pick: Ron Johnson (1978)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-7.2 pts at Boston College · #1110 of 1290 · bottom quarter